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Citation.

Application.

Enterpreta- tion.

Zoning of offensive trades.

PUBLIC HEALTH AND URBAN SERVICES ORDINANCE, 1960.

(No. 30 of 1960).

OFFENSIVE TRADES BY-LAWS. 1960.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 49 of the Public Health and Urban Services Ordinance, 1960, the Urban Council has made the following by-laws-

1960.

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These by-laws may be cited as the Offensive Trades By-laws,

These by-laws apply to the urban areas only.

1. In these by-laws, save where the context otherwise requires- “Council" means the Urban Council;

"licensee" means a person to whom a licence has been granted under

these by-laws,

4. (1) No person shall carry on any offensive trade involving- (a) tanning,

(b) bone boiling, storing or grinding.

(c) processing or storing fish, or

() feather storing or processing, other than the storage thereof

after processing.

except within an area delineated on a map signed by the Secretary of the Council and deposited in the offices of the Council as an area in which such an offensive trade may be carried on.

(2) For a period of two years from the commencement of these by-laws, the provisions of paragraph (1) shall not apply to any business which was being carried on at the commencement thereof.

Licensing of 5. (1) Save under and in accordance with a licence granted by offensive

the Council, no person shall carry on any offensive trade. Lader.

(2) Every such licence shall expire annually on the 31st day of December.

(3) The grant or renewal of any such licence shall be subject to the payment in advance to the Treasury of a fee of two hundred and fifty dollars:

Provided that where any such licence is granted after the 30th day of June in any year, the fee payable in respect of the grant of that licence shall be one-half of the prescribed fee.

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(4) Where the Council is sutisfied that any such licence has been lost or destroyed, the Council may upon payment of a fee of five dollars issue a duplicate thereof.

6. (1) Every application for any such licence shall be made in Application writing addressed to the Secretary of the Council, and shall be accom. for licence. panied by three copies of a plan, as nearly as may be to scale, of the whole of the premises in which the offensive trade will be carried on, which play shall include, so far as the same may be applicable, partic- ulars of the following

(a) space allocated to the preparation, processing and storage of

materials:

(b) space allocated to the storage of finished articles: (c) sanitary fitments and drainage works:

(d) cloakrooms, passageways and open spaces;

(e) all means of entry, exit and internal communication: (f) incans of ventilation;

(g) the siting of substantial fittings, equipment and machinery; and (W) means of refuse storage and disposal.

(2) Every plan submitted for approval pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (1) shall be accompanied by a statement in writing declaring-

(a) the nature of the offensive trade which is to be carried on: (b) the means whereby it is intended to control or dispose of any noxious or injurious vapours, dust or effluents which may be discharged in the carrying on of the offensive trade; and

(c) where the premises at which the offensive trade is to be carried on comprise part of a building which has more than one storey, which storey or storeys will be used.

(3) Every plan, or any modification thereof, which is approved by the Council shall be endorsed to that effect by the Secretary of the Council, and one copy shall be returned to the applicant and the remaining two copies shall be retained by the Council.

7. No such licence shall be granted unless the Council is satisfied Conditions in relation to the premises in respect of which the application for such for issue

of licence. licence is made that-

(a) the plan referred to in by-law 6 has been approved by the

Council and the premises conform thereto;

(b) the methods to be used for the control or disposal of any noxious or injurious vapours, dust or effluents which may be discharged in the carrying on of the offensive trade are adequate: